He could hide calmly and hit back even under numerous attacks. We underestimated him in the
beginning, Matthew said with a serious face.
"I think his greatest advantage is the powerful bodily movement skill he has mastered," one of the men
who fought Austin earlier said.
"He can appear from nowhere in the jungle with his bodily movement skill," he added.
"No, because he also has two mysterious spiritual weapons. They appear divinely and vanish
demonically without any trace," the other one objected.
Then he added," And, judging from my experience--they're at least middle-grade spiritual weapons."
"Middle-grade spiritual weapons!"
The other men had greedy expressions upon hearing Matthew's words. It was rare for a cultivator of
the Energy Gathering Realm to have a low-grade spiritual weapon, of either level two or three.
Even only a few cultivators of the Earth Realm had middle-grade spiritual weapons.
Now, nobody expected Austin had two middle-grade spiritual weapons at hand, and that would surely
make others envious.
"The five of us should stick together. We'll hunt that boy together, and we'll join forces to attack as soon
as we find him. I don't believe that the Blood Wolf Team can't defeat someone at level seven of the
Earth Gathering Realm," Matthew hissed.
The rest of them nodded eagerly in obedience.
Meanwhile, Austin had calmly escaped from the clutches of the two members from the Blood Wolf
Team. He had injured one of them, which worried Matthew. It seemed that Austin was quite a
formidable foe.
If news spread that the Blood Wolf Team failed to kill someone at level seven of the Energy Gathering
Realm, their reputation would be ruined, and the five members would have no place in the team.
Moreover, Austin had two middle-grade spiritual weapons. If they could kill him, they would get these
rare weapons.
Thus, Matthew prioritized Austin's capture.
He even decided to merge with four other people--he really took Austin seriously.
"The guy has mastered the high-grade bodily movement skill, and he's very sensitive. The two of us
hadn't approached him just a while ago, but it looked like he knew.
Now that he knows that we are tracking him, I think it's hard to find him again."
However, Matthew thought differently.
"Huh, don't worry. He can't escape from me," he sneered.
He waved his right sleeve, and then three tiny creatures jumped out.
The little critters let out small squeaks as they ran and sniffed the ground.
They looked like mice, and Matthew smirked as he observed them.
They were soul-chasing mice!
The other four members were delighted when they realized where the mice came from.
"Matthew, you've brought the soul-chasing mice here."
"Be at ease. We have three demonic beasts--soul-chasing mice. Austin will never escape from us."
Matthew snapped his fingers, and the mice seemed to obey an order. They carefully sniffed around the
ground where Austin previously stood.
After quite a while, the three mice stopped smelling and rushed quickly into the jungle.
"Alright, now we just have to wait. I have a mental connection with these mice. They will alert me as
soon as they find Austin," Matthew slowly said.
* * *
In an ancient forest at the outer ring of the Grand Desolation Mountain
Austin used his Wind-commanding skill, and one hour later, he was more than ten miles away from the
jungle.
However, he stopped after he had reached the ancient forest.
As of the moment, Austin felt happy when he ran fast while his every step covered ten meters.
During the battle, more than ten outer disciples were brought by Billy and Austin was able to kill one
third of them. Later on, the other disciples disappeared from the battle. He thought it must be because
they got scared, they opted to just run away.
It was safe to say that he had solved the problem of Billy's people.
The rest of them were Marvin's group and the five members of the Blood Wolf Team.
Austin wasn't confident enough to fight these two groups, so he avoided them for now.
He decided to toughen himself and improve his strength first, so he could come back to fight after.
Although these two groups wouldn't give up in searching for him, he believed that his spiritual sense
would cover a range of four hundred meters, and it would be easier for him to evade his enemies with
the Wind-commanding Skill he had further mastered.
* * *
Austin took out the map of Grand Desolation Mountain from his Space Ring and laid it on the ground.
Marked on the map were each place where diabolic beasts lived and their respective levels.
He then carefully checked which diabolic beasts he could deal with for now.
After a long while, Austin put the map away and looked to the far east. "Okay, I will start in this
direction," he muttered.
He then performed the Wind-commanding Skill and quickly set out.
He had chosen the place to hunt according to the marks on the map, avoiding areas where high-level
diabolic beasts inhabited.
Level-two diabolic beast, black striped bone leopard…
Hunt!
Level-two diabolic beast, great force boa… Kill!
Level-three monster beast, hard-skinned bullhead beast... Kill!
Level-two demonic beast, golden-winged purple snake... Hunt!
The action ensued. * * *
Since Austin had cultivated the Golden Sun Scripture and was at level seven of the Energy Gathering
Realm, the vital energy in his body was several times more vigorous than those of an ordinary
cultivator at the same level.
With the help of his mysterious Twin Shadow Blades and his ability to run ten meters each step, he
could easily kill all the level-two, and even some level-three diabolic beasts he had encountered.
He had already killed fourteen level-two diabolic beasts within two days and collected fourteen beast
cores.
Moreover, Austin had mastered the Twin Shadow Blades more during his two-day hunt. He could
release it in perfect timing with his strong spiritual sense.
Additionally, he had recently consolidated everything he had mastered in the Wind-commanding Skill.
Austin then made targets out of the dead diabolic beasts to further cultivate his martial arts skills.
Finally, he had crossed the area full of level-two diabolic beasts and entered the area with level-three
diabolic beasts this time.
Austin didn't dare to underestimate the level-three diabolic beasts.
Soon enough, he encountered the first level-three beast, a snowflake fox. It moved swiftly and had
unbreakable teeth and claws. A terrifying cloud of power similar to the vital energy shrouded its claws
when it attacked.
Austin showed all his strength as he faced the level-three beast. He performed the Wind-commanding
Skill, and he was as fast as the fox.
Not to mention, the untraceable Twin Shadow Blades were the most effective weapons to suppress the
snowflake fox.
The vital energy at level seven of the Energy Gathering Realm combined with the cultivation of the
Golden Sun Scripture was more powerful than the snowflake fox's claws.
After thirty minutes into the battle, the Negative Shadow Blade suddenly pierced the left side of the
fox's head with a black light and penetrated through the right side. Blood gushed out of the wound.
The snowflake fox stumbled backward mid-air and fell down on the grassy field. Its body did not move.
After that, he killed another level-three diabolic beast, a one-eyed tiger.
Finally, he encountered the red striped diabolic leopard--a task given to him by the Hard Mission Hall.
The red striped diabolic leopard was flexible and swift. It had incomparable power and could naturally
breathe fire.
When Austin saw it, it stared back at him with its scarlet eyes. It roared deeply as sticky saliva dripped
from its mouth which was full of sharp teeth.
Suddenly, it rushed towards Austin in a flash.
It opened its mouth while it was in mid-air. Scorching flames suddenly came out, and even the air
evaporated with burning sounds.
The roaring flames that automatically extended towards the opponent almost hit Austin--but he got to
move five meters away in time.
After a fierce fight, Austin ended up with some burnt skin on his hands and burnt sleeves. His arms
were now like two black fire sticks.
The red striped diabolic leopard was finally killed under the attack of Twin Shadow Blades.
Later that day, Austin rested in a low-lying land for eight hours and reflected on all his experiences in
battling diabolic beasts for the last few days.
Not only did he gain more than ten level-two and level-three beast cores, but also the fighting
experience.
After he had rested, Austin was in extremely high spirits again.
However, he suddenly had a bad feeling. He felt as if several eyes were staring at him.
He then released his spiritual sense and checked within a range of four hundred meters, but there was
nobody else.
He still had a strong feeling that he was being spied on.
He carefully checked again and made sure that nobody was around.
Austin wondered if it was an illusion because he was too tired.
He couldn't figure it out, so he helplessly shook his head with a bitter smile.
At that exact moment more than ten miles away, five figures were walking in the forest--it was the five
members of the Blood Wolf Team.
Suddenly, Matthew stopped in his tracks.
"Austin... Austin has been found."
"What!? Where?! Where is he?"
"Tell us!" others demanded to know.
"This guy unexpectedly ran into the area with level-three diabolic beasts," Matthew said in surprise.
The rest of them were shocked with the information as well.
"What? Is he in the area where the level-three diabolic beasts are on a rampage?"
They looked at each other confusedly and wondered why he was there. All of them were startled when
they knew of Austin's location.
The weakest of the level-three diabolic beasts was equal to a cultivator at level eight or nine of the
Energy Gathering Realm, and the powerful ones were even equal to those at the Earth Realm.
This guy really went to the area with level-three diabolic beasts. Was he courting death?
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